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Truth Tellers

Gregory Porter's Popular Voices Series 1
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Gregory shows how truth became a quest of rock 'n' roll's greatest poets and why great voices don't have to be technically perfect to resonate deeply and stir souls.

Gregory examines how early 20th-century blues growlers like Bessie Smith paved the way for the rhyme and flow of hip-hop, how truth became a quest of rock 'n' roll's greatest poets from Woody Guthrie to Gil Scott-Heron, from Lou Reed to Suzanne Vega, and why great popular voices, including Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Kurt Cobain, don't have to be technically perfect to resonate so deeply and stir our souls. With Dave Grohl, Suzanne Vega and KRS-One.

60 minutes

Last on

Sat 31 Jul 2021 02:35
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:04

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620, Act II Der Holle Rache.. (Queen Of The Night)

  • 00:04

    Bessie Smith

    Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

  • 00:05

    Bessie Smith

    Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer

  • 00:11

    Billie Holiday

    Blues Are Bluer

  • 00:12

    Billie Holiday

    Fine and Mellow

  • 00:13

    Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis

    I'm A Fool To Want You

  • 00:20

    Woody Guthrie

    This Land Is Your Land

  • 00:24

    Bob Dylan

    Tangled Up In Blue (Live)

  • 00:25

    Leonard Cohen

    Suzanne (Album Version)

  • 00:26

    Leonard Cohen

    Famous Blue Raincoat

  • 00:30

    Leonard Cohen

    Tower of Song

  • 00:31

    Leonard Cohen

    You Want It Darker

  • 00:32

    The Velvet Underground

    Heroin

  • 00:38

    Suzanne Vega

    Left Of Center

  • 00:42

    Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    I'm New Here

  • 00:43

    Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson

    Rivers of My Fathers

  • 00:46

    Ice Cube

    Check Yo Self

  • 00:47

    Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

    The Message

  • 00:49

    Public Enemy

    Fight The Power - Do The Right Thing/Soundtrack Version

  • 00:50

    KRS-One

    Sound Of Da Police

  • 00:53

    Nirvana

    In Bloom

  • 00:42

    Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

  • 00:55

    Nirvana

    In The Pines

  • 00:57

    D.J. Harper, Bob Dylan

    That Lucky Old Sun

Credits

Presenter Gregory Porter
Executive Producer Mark Cooper
Series Producer Ben Whalley
Director Ben Whalley

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